Preclinical and clinical performance of the Efoora test, a rapid test for detection of human immunodeficiency virus-specific antibodies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2399-2406

  Arens, Max Q ^a   Mundy, Linda M ^a   Amsterdam, Daniel ^b   Barrett, J Tom ^c   Bigg, Dan ^d   Bruckner, David ^e   Hanna, Bruce ^f   Prince, Harry ^g   Purington, Timothy ^h   Hanna, Todd ^f   Hewitt, Ross ^b   Kalinka, Carolyn ^b   Koppes, Thomas ^c   Maxwell, Sarz ^d   Moe, Ardis ^e   Doymaz, Mehmet ^e   Poulter, Melinda ^e,k   Saber Tehrani, Maryam ^g   Simard, Lorenzo ^h   Wilkins Carmody, Donna ^h   Vidaver, John ⁱ   Berger, Cheryl ^j   Davis, Alan H ^j,l   Alzona, Mortimer T ^j   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d Chicago Recovery Alliance   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Focus Technologies   (United States)

^h Tapestry Health Systems Inc   (United States)

ⁱ DM STAT Inc   (United States)

^j Efoora Inc   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^l Binax Inc   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EFOORA TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION CENTER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SERUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

BUBALUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 20844454733     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2399-2406.2005     Document Type: Article

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